Highlights of the day: Intel stepping up preparations for 7nm manufacturing

DIGITIMES staff

Friday 20 September 2019

Intel in May unveiled plans to launch its 7nm products in 2021, and it is now stepping up efforts towards achieving that goal. It has started placing equipment and materials orders for EUV fabrication processes since August. Meanwhile, TSMC expects 7nm and 7nm EUV manufacturing nodes to be a major growth driver this year, thanks to strong demand chiefly coming from the 5G sector. MediaTek, which reportedly is among the clients using TSMC's 7nm manufacturing node, has unveiled what it calls the world's first sub-6GHz 5G SoC, with volume production on track to begin in Janaury 2020. The handset market still has a lot to offer, as far as HannStar Display is concerned. The LCD panel supplier expects further increases in sales from the handset panel market in fourth-quarter 2019, thanks to strong demand from Chinese clients.